S t . B a s i l t h e G r e a t A nt i o c h i a n O r t h o d o x C hu r c h
S t . B a s i l t h e G r e a t A nt i o c h i a n O r t h o d o x C hu r c h His Eminence Metropolitan JOSEPH, Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of all North America.
His Grace Bishop THOMAS, Auxiliary Bishop of The Diocese of Oakland, Charleston, and the Mid-Atlantic.
REV. FATHER JAMES PURDIE, PASTOR 1520 Todds Lane Hampton, VA 23666 Phone: Office (757) 223-4159, Cell: (412) 327-4099 Email: OrthodoxHampton@gmail.com Web Site: www.OrthodoxHampton.com
Welcome visitors! If you are visiting with us for the first time, we greet you in the Holy Name of Christ, our Saviour, and hope you will join us in fellowship after worship. We are genuinely pleased to have you with us today. We must remind you that while the Orthodox Church prays for the unity of all, we do not practice “open Communion.” Only those Orthodox Christians who have prepared themselves with prayer, fasting, and regular confession should approach the chalice.
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Saint Athanasius the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria (Commemorated on May 2) Saint Athanasius the Great, Archbishop of Alexandria, was a great Father of the Church and a pillar of Orthodoxy. He was born around the year 297 in the city of Alexandria into a family of pious Christians. He received a fine secular education, but he acquired more knowledge by diligent study of the Holy Scripture. In his childhood, the future hierarch Athanasius became known to Saint Alexander the Patriarch of Alexandria (May 29). The Patriarch looked after the spiritual upbringing of Athanasius and in time brought him into the clergy, at first as a reader, and then he ordained him as a deacon. It was as a deacon that Saint Athanasius accompanied Patriarch Alexander to the First Ecumenical Council at Nicea in the year 325. After the death of holy Patriarch Alexander, Saint Athanasius was consecrated bishop when he was twenty-eight, and installed as the archpastor of the Alexandrian Church. Saint Athanasius guided the Church for forty-seven years, and during this time he endured persecution and grief from his antagonists. Several times he was expelled from Alexandria and hid himself from the Arians in desolate places, since they repeatedly tried to kill him. Saint Athanasius spent more than twenty years in exile, returned to his flock, and then was banished again. When Julian the Apostate (361-363) began a persecution against Christians, his wrath first fell upon Saint Athanasius, whom he considered a great pillar of Orthodoxy. Julian intended to kill the saint in order to strike Christianity a grievous blow, but he soon perished himself. Mortally wounded by an arrow during a battle, he cried out with despair: “You have conquered, O Galilean.” After Julian’s death, Saint Athanasius guided the Alexandrian Church for seven years and died in 373, at the age of seventy-six. *Bibliography- https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2021/05/02/101269-saint-atha3 nasius-the-great-patriarch-of-alexandria
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THE FIRST ANTIPHON
THE SECOND ANTIPHON
Shout with joy to God, all the earth; sing to His Name, give glory to His praises.
May God have mercy upon us, and bless us, and may He cause His face to shine upon us, and have mercy upon us.
Refrain: Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, O Savior, save us. Say to God: How awesome are Thy works; let all the earth worship Thee, and sing to Thee. Let it sing a song to Thy Name, O Most High. Refrain: Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, O Savior, save us. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Both now and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen.
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Refrain: Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, O Savior, save us.
Refrain: Save us, O Son of God, Who art risen from the dead; who sing to Thee. Alleluia. That Thy way may be known upon earth, Thy salvation among all nations; let the peoples give thanks to Thee, O God, let all the peoples give thanks to Thee. (Refrain) May God bless us, and may all the ends of the earth fear Him. (Refrain) Glory… Both now… O, only begotten Son and Word of God…
THE THIRD ANTIPHON Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered, and let those that hate Him flee from before His face. Refrain: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death; and upon those in the tombs, bestowing life! As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish; as wax melteth before the fire. (Refrain) So let sinners perish at the presence of God, and let the righteous be glad. (Refrain) This is the day which the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad therein. (Refrain) THE EISODIKON HYMN) OF PASCHA
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In the gathering places bless ye God the Lord, from the springs of Israel. Save us, O Son of God, Who art risen from the dead, who sing to Thee: Alleluia.
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found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher, they heard from the Angel: Why seek ye among the dead, as though He were mortal man, Him Who abideth in everlasting light? Behold the grave-clothes. Go quickly and proclaim to the world that the Lord is risen, and hath put death to death. For He is the Son of God, Who saveth the race of man. KONTAKION OF PASCHA IN TONE EIGHT Though Thou didst descend into the grave, O Immortal One, yet didst Thou destroy the power of Hades, and didst arise as victor, O Christ God, calling to the myrrh-bearing women, Rejoice, and giving peace unto Thine Apostles, O Thou Who dost grant resurrection to the fallen. THE ANTI-TRISAGION HYMN As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Alleluia. (THRICE)
PASCHAL APOLYTIKION IN TONE FIVE Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life! (ONCE)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
HYPAKOE OF PASCHA IN TONE FOUR
Dynamis!
When they who were with Mary came, anticipating the dawn, and
As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Alleluia.
Have put on Christ. Alleluia.
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This is the day which the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad therein!
And while staying with them He charged them not to depart from Jerusalem,
O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; His mercy endureth forever.
but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, He said,
The Reading from the Acts of the Apostles. (1:1-8) In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when He was taken up,
“You heard from Me; for John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” So when they had come together, they asked Him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
after He had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the Apostles whom He had chosen.
He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by His own authority.
To them He presented Himself alive after His passion by many proofs,
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;
appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God.
and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.”
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The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. (1:1-17)) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him.
who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (John bore witness to Him, and cried, “This was He of Whom I said, ‘He Who comes after me ranks before me, for He was before me.’”) And from His fullness have we all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light. The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, yet the world knew Him not. He came to His own home, and His own people received Him not. But to all who received Him, who believed in His Name, He gave power to become children of God; 7
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MEGALYNARION & Communion HYMN
MEGALYNARION FOR PASCHA IN TONE ONE The Angel cried unto her that is full of grace: O pure Virgin, rejoice, and again I say, rejoice; for thy Son hath arisen from the grave on the third day. Shine, shine, O new Jerusalem, for the glory of the Lord hath arisen
upon thee; dance now and be glad, O Zion, and do thou exult, O pure Theotokos, in the arising of Him Whom thou didst bear. KOINONIKON (COMMUNION HYMN) OF PASCHA IN TONE EIGHT Receive ye the body of Christ; taste ye the Fountain of immortality.
Post Communion Prayer of St. Basil the Great (pray silently after receiving the Holy Gifts) O Master, Christ our God, King of all ages and Maker of all things, I thank Thee for all the good things which Thou hast given me and of partaking of Thine immaculate and life-giving Mysteries. Wherefore, I pray Thee, who art good and loves mankind, keep me under Thy protection and in the shadow of Thy wings, and grant me a pure conscience, even unto my last breath to partake of Thy Holy Gifts for unto Thee we ascribe glory and thanksgiving, together with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. 8
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DISMISSAL Priest: May He Who is risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life, Christ our true God, through the intercessions of His all-immaculate and all-blameless holy Mother; by the might of the Precious and Life-giving Cross; by the protection of the honorable Bodiless Powers of Heaven; at the supplication of the honorable, glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John; of the holy, glorious and all-laudable apostles; of our father among the saints, John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople, whose Divine Liturgy we have now celebrated;
of the holy, glorious and right-victorious Martyrs; of our venerable and God-bearing Fathers; of Saint Basil the Great, the patron and protector of this holy community; of the holy and righteous ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna, and of all the saints: have mercy on us and save us, forasmuch as He is good and loveth mankind. Priest: Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy upon us and save us. Choir: Amen.
OFFERINGS + Prayers of Health and Safety are offered for +
Whelan Fam, Marcia, Daniel, Daria, Christopher, Christopher, Daniel, Sophia, George, Nun Thecla, Angelina, Ekaterina, Igor, Alexander, Mark,Alexander, Alexandra, Anne, Fr. John, Irina, Maria, Arthur + Fam, Hylarion, John + Axenia, Nicholas, Stephen, Maria, Vladimir, Fr. Milan, Mirela + Fam, Maia + Fam, Thomas, Maria,June, Emmanuel, Abby, Elias, Meron 10
Simerick Family, Neal Family, Butler Family, Thompson Edens Family, Dn. John and Brenda, Dn. Christopher and Family, Father Ted Fritts Family, Nasi Family Nixon Family Palomino Family Fr. James and Family, Riske Family Rubinow Family Charlie + Anastasia Temple Family Vogt Family Wheeler Family
OFFERINGS +++ Prayers of Loving Memory are offered for +++
Radovanka, William , Lazar Priscilla and Dan Steven, John, John, Connie Asnaketch, Almaz Lydia, Victor, Tatyana, Alexander, Evdokia, Ephimia, Ephim Alexey, Alexander Alexandra, Yuri Boris, Valentin Valentina, Vladimir Zinaida, Fr. Niel
Tatiana, Sergei Ion, Maria Agrepina, Ion Maria, Nadejda, Olga, Michael Leonard, Raymond Mary Jane, Jeremiah Katherine, Dwight Beatrice, James Gabby, Patricia Kh. Farha, Nick Marcie, Lena
Holy Bread is offered by Meron Lulseged, Rhonda Mertins, and Anna Mary Vogt for the health, safety, and memory of their loved ones.
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Excerpt from The Paschal Sermon Saint John Chrysostom Archbishop of Constantinople If any man be devout and love God, let him enjoy this fair and radiant triumphal feast. If any man be a wise servant, let him rejoicing enter into the joy of his Lord. If any have labored long in fasting, let him now receive his recompense. If any have wrought from the first hour, let him today receive his just reward. If any have come at the third hour, let him with thankfulness keep the feast. If any have arrived at the sixth hour, let him have no misgivings; because he shall in nowise be deprived thereof. If any have delayed until the ninth hour, let him draw near, fearing nothing. If any have tarried even until the eleventh hour, let him, also, be not alarmed at his tardiness; for the Lord, who is jealous of his honor, will accept the last even as the first; He gives rest unto him who comes at the eleventh hour, even as unto him who has wrought from the first hour.